ENCOUNTERS 2026: SHORTS BLOCK - Where Grief Settles

Every year since our founding in 2010, The Bioscope has proudly hosted screenings of The Encounters South African International Documentary Festival. Now celebrating its 28th year as a festival, Encounters returns to The Bioscope once again with screenings at The Bioscope from 5 - 14 June. Tickets are R90. 

SEE THE FULL BIOSCOPE ENCOUNTERS PROGRAM HERE.

Mama Micra (13PG)

Dir. Rebecca Blöcher | Germany | 2024 | 24 min.

In this carefully considered stop-motion film, animation director Rebecca Blöcher tells the story of her mother’s quest for freedom and experience at a time when women were not supposed to want such things.

An Open Field (13PG)

Dir. Teboho Edkins | France/Germany/ South Africa/ Ethiopia | 2025 | 38 min.

After the 2019 Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed his brother, filmmaker Teboho Edkins returns to the site, where grief, ritual, and landscape transform an open field into a living memorial.